5 on 5 Basketball Rules – BBYO
Markets: Youth
Format: basketball
FORMAT
- Full-court 5-on-5
- Must have at least 4 players present to avoid forfeit
- No gender rules – Any ratio of men and women allowed on the court at a time
- Game Length
- One 40-minute game (20-minute halves with 4-5 minute halftime)
- 2-minute OT (running time, stop time last 20 seconds) / If still tied each team shoots a free throw for the win. This is time permitting. Ref can decide to go straight to free throws
- Clock: Running clock format until final 2 minutes of the game. In final 2-minutes of game, clock will stop on dead balls unless point differential is 7 points or more. Clock will always stop during timeouts.
- Shot Clock: there is an unwritten 30-second shot clock applied by the referee’s discretion
- Unless otherwise stated, games follow college rules
STANDINGS
- Win = 2 points
- Loss = 0 points
- Forfeit = -1 point
SCORING
- Normal 2 and 3 points scoring
- Free Throws
- Head to head: will follow normal free throw format
- Shooters must wait until ball hits rim
- Players can enter lane on shooter’s release of the ball
SUBSTITUTIONS
- All players should play at least ½ of every game
- We recommend subbing every 5 minutes or so
- We recommend giving each player a “number” (i.e., Player 1, Player 2. . . Player 8 or 10)
- We recommend subbing in number order. For example,
- If you have 6 players, at the first substitution, Player 6 goes in and Player 1 goes out. At the second substitution, Player 1 goes back in and Player 2 goes out
- If you have 8 players, at the first substitution, Players 6-8 go in and Players 1-3 go out. At the second substitution Players 1-3 go back in and Players 4-6 go out, etc.
- Other substitution formats are allowed as long as the ½ game rule is followed. In the spirit of BBYO and Zog Youth Sports, everybody plays
FOULS
- Bonus: starting with the 7th team foul, opponent will be in double bonus. We skip 1-and-1 and go straight to double bonus
- Team fouls will reset at halftime
- There are no individual foul outs
TEAM ROSTER
- Rosters are not limited to size, but no additional players can be added to the roster after the midway point of the regular season
FORFEITS
- There is a 5-minute grace period. If a team does not have the minimum players required by end of grace period, it will be considered a forfeit
- If your team forfeits two games in a season, you may be removed from the schedule without refund or credit
- If you know in advance your team will have to forfeit, please email us at forfeits@zogsports.com so we can alert your opponent and referees. We ask you email us by 4pm for weeknight leagues, and 4pm on Friday for weekend leagues
PICKING UP PLAYERS
- You should be able to field a team with only roster players. Only players on your roster are allowed to play if you want the game to count in the standings. If you pick up another BBYO/Zog Youth Sports player to complete our team, a scrimmage game can be played, but the result will be a forfeit in the standings
- A team is never allowed to pick-up a non-BBYO/Zog Youth Sports player to join their team
UNIFORMS
- Zog Youth Sports will provide uniforms
- If players don’t have the team jersey with them, we ask they wear a similar color to match the rest of the team
TIMEOUTS
- Each team gets 2 30-second timeouts per game
START OF PLAY AND POSSESSION
- A tip-off will start the game
- Jump balls will always go to the defense
- 3-second rule in the lane will be applied
PRE-GAME AND WARM-UPS
- There will be a 2-minute warm up period provided before each game
FOULS AND VIOLATIONS
- All technical, flagrant and intentional fouls count as team fouls
- Opposing team will receive 2 free throws and receive possession for any technical, flagrant or intentional foul
- Opposing team can select any player to shoot for a technical or flagrant foul
- A second flagrant foul by the same team will result in an automatic team forfeit for that game
- A player ejected for any reason may be suspended for the next game. If that player is suspended and is caught playing in the next game, the team will forfeit
- Any player(s)/team(s) that are involved in a fight are subject to being suspended from all BBYO/Zog Youth Sports Leagues for life
TIEBREAKERS FOR PLAYOFFS/SEEDINGS (in order)
- Head-to-head record (among all tied teams)
- Record against other teams in or tied for playoffs (winning percentage – i.e. 0-1 is same as 0-2, but 1-3 is better than 0-1)
- Number of wins
- Record against next best common opponent
- If team forfeited
- “Coin-flip”
PLAYOFFS
- Head to head format will be applied during playoffs for both head to head and round robin leagues
- 2-minute overtimes until there is a winner
- A tip-off will start each overtime
- Clock will follow same rules as the final 2-minutes of regulation
- Fouls carry over from regular to overtime
- Each team received 1 additional time out per overtime
SPORTSMANSHIP & MISCELLANEOUS
- Any unsportsmanlike behavior may result in that player/team being suspended/removed from participating in all Zog Youth Sports Leagues.
- Players will not be allowed to participate in any game without signing the waiver
- Following the concept of the shot clock, stalling goes against the spirit of the game and will be up to referees’ discretion. Stalling will result in the loss of possession
- While we appreciate the level of competitiveness in our league, we do not tolerate any unsportsmanlike behavior. This includes anyone who:
- Antagonizes players on other teams or their own teammates
- Exhibits excessive uncontrollable play
- Inappropriately “mouths off” to the referee(s)
- Verbally or physically threatens a member of our staff
- Any player ejected from a game will be suspended for a minimum of one game upon league review
- Zog Youth Sports reserves the right to remove any player from a game(s), season and/or future season
- ZogSports reserves the right to remove a full team from the schedule and/or future seasons if we feel they are unable to participate in a manner in keeping with Zog Youth Sports’ mission to provide a fun, inclusive league
CODE OF CONDUCT: The Participant’s Code of Conduct applies to all BBYO/ZogSports participants. You can access the ZogSports Participant’s Code of Conduct HERE. The BBYO Code of Conduct can be found HERE.
Markets: Youth